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cURLpp is a C++ wrapper for libcURL.
libcURL is described as:
a free and easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. libcurl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and more!
libcurl is highly portable, it builds and works identically on numerous platforms, including Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin, HPUX, IRIX, AIX, Tru64, Linux, Windows, Amiga, OS/2, BeOs, Mac OS X, Ultrix, QNX, OpenVMS, RISC OS, Novell NetWare, DOS and more…
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported and fast.
First, I need to quote Daniel Stenberg, the maintener of libcURL:
You can use libcURL instantly from within your C++ programs. You don’t need cURLpp for that, cURLpp just adds an OO’ified layer that libcURL doesn’t normally provide.
It means that you ought to be sure that you need or want cURLpp features. If not, I suggest to use the libcURL library directly. What are those features that cURLpp offers?
You can query handles for option values (version 0.5.x and newer only).
- It uses the C++ Standard Library structures instead of home made ones.
- It is exception safe. (see this)
- It is type safe.
License
cURLpp is true Open Source/Free Software and meet all definitions as such. It means that you are free to modify and redistribute all contents of the cURLpp distributed archives. You may also freely use cURLpp in your commercial projects. cURLpp is licensed under a MIT license, see below.
Copyright © 2002-2009, Jean-Philippe Barrette-LaPierre
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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